A typographically good document with consistent appearance commonly uses just a few fonts, each one with a purpose. Common font choices are:
Serif body text
Sans serif for headings
Monospaced for source code
Each font family is defined in the preamble, usually implicitly done by packages. There are LaTeX commands for switching between families, shapes, and weight. But what if you would like to additionally use a completely different font, such as a second serif font? This recipe will help to achieve that.
We will take a look at two ways:
Defining a command
Defining an environment
In each case, we need to know the code for the font. Such code is based on the Karl Berry's naming scheme; you can read about it by typing the texdoc fontname command in the Command Prompt, or at http://texdoc.net/pkg/fontname. You don't really need to study this guide, just take a look at the font's own documentation. For your convenience, here is a selection of frequently...